The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-15

sepulcher brighter than the garlands unlca
at the marriage banquet flooded the air
with aroma? Yes; stand here as o priest
OF the most high God, to proclaim the
bans Of immortal union for all those who
Join hands in the grace Of Christ. Oh,
woman, is your husband, your father, your
son away from God? The Lord demands
their redemption at our hands. There
are prayers for you to offer, there are ex.
hortations for you TO give, there are ex-
amples for you to set, and say now,
as Paul said to the Corinthian woman:
what knOwest thou, woman, but thou
canst save thy husbandl" Il,
Lastly: wish to say that one of the
specific rights Of woman is, through the
grace of Christ, finally to reach Heaven.
y, what q multitude Of women in Heaven!
Mary, Christ's mother in Heaven; Eliza
beth Fry in Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth
IN Heaven; the mother of Augustine in
Heaven; the Countess of Huntingdon
who sold her spleudid jewels to build
chapels-in Heaven; while a great many
others who have never been heard of on
earth, or known but little, have gone into
the rest and peace of Heaven. What
restl What q change it was from the
small room, with no fire and one window,
the glass broken out, and the aching
side, and worn out eyes, to the house
of many mansionsm No more stitching
until II o'clock at night, no more thrust
ing of the thumb by the employer
through the work to show it was not
done quite right. Plenty of bread at
last. Heaven for aching heads. Heaven
for broken hearts. Heaven for anguish
bitten frames. No more sitting up until
midnight for the coming of staggering
steps. No more rough blows across the
temples. No more sharp, keen, bitter
curses. Some of you will have no rest in
this world. It will be toll, and struggle,
and suffering, all the way up. You will
have to stand at your door fighting back
the wolf with your own hand, red with
carnage. But God has q crown for you.
want to realize this morning that He is
now making 1t, and whenever YOU weep a
tear He sets another gem in that crown;
whenever you have pang of body or soul
He puts another gem in that crown, until,
after while, in all the tiara there will be
no room for another splendor, and God
will say to His angel: "The crown is done;
let her up that she may wear it. " And as the
Lord of Righteousness puts the crown
upon your brow, angel will cry to angel:
"Who is she?" and Christ will say. Il
will tell you who she is. She is tine one
that came up out of great tribulation,
aud had her robe washed and made white
in the blood of the Lamb" And then
God will spread a banquet, and He will
invite all the principalities of Heaven to
sit at the feast; and the tables will blush
with the best clusters from the vine-
yards of God, and crimson with the
twelve manner of fruits from the Tree of
Life; and waters from the fountains of
the rock will flash from the golden tank
ards; and the old harpers of Heaven will
sit there, making music with their harps;
and Christ will point you out, amid the
celebrities of Heaven, saying: "She suf-
fered with me on earth, now we are going
to be glorifed together" And the BAN
queters, no longer able to hold their peace,
will break forth with congratulation:
"Hail! hail" And there will be handwrit-
ings on the wall-not such as struck the
Persian nobleman with horror-but fire.
tipped fingers, writing in blazing capi-
tails Of light, and love, and victory: "God
hath wiped away all tears from all
faoesl"